Ziploc freezer bags. They have a place to write on.
--- On Sat, 7/2/11, Bob
Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
> From: Bob Spidell
<bspidell at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] 54 BN1 Barn Car
> To: "John
Sims" <ahbn6 at verizon.net>
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net,
michael.bowie at fivepointsix.com
> Date: Saturday, July 2, 2011, 7:57 PM
> You
probably can do this for $10-15K,
> depending on how much you spend on
painting and engine
> work.
>
> Be sure to bag and label all nuts and
>
bolts. We didn't do this on our 100M
> resto--but we did try to keep them
>
'organized'--and we waste a lot of time trying to figure
> out what bolts go
where (esp. on a 100, which has a lot of
> BSF
> and some Whitworth, esp. on
the engine).
>
> Bob
>
>
> On 7/2/2011 3:16 PM, John Sims wrote:
> > And,
invest in a good camera and take double or triple
> the photos you think
> >
that you will need as you disassemble the car making
> copious notes while you
> > are doing it.
> >
> > John Sims, BN6
> > Aberdeen, NJ
> >
> >
http://www.healey6.com
> >
> >
> >
> > I had to figure that out too, when I
began
> restoration. You have to decide
> > on your target. Concours, High
level driver, daily
> driver????
> > Then decide on what are the have to dos,
want to dos
> and if I have the time
> > and money to dos. Who is your support
team and what
> can you do yourself?
> > What's the hourly rate for the jobs
you have to pay
> for? Do they have a rep
> > of coming in on time and budget?
> > Figure your budget, prioritize as above, then put
> aside 30% more funds.
> > Good luck and enjoy the process. There is a huge
> amount of help on this
list
> > with folks who go well beyond expectations to offer
> encouragement
and help.
> > cheers
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Michael Bowie<
>
> michael.bowie at fivepointsix.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I have been dragging
around my BN1 for about 25
> years from garage to
> >> garage, waiting to have
a shop large enough to
> properly restore it.now
> >> the time has arrived, I
have a question for
> the List.
> >>
> >> Any idea what a normal restoration
would cost?
> >>
> >> The car is complete and was running when it was
> put up
on blocks in
> >> 1968.the engine is supposedly a dealer converted
>
LeMans.there is also
> >> a spare engine and transmission/OD. The body
> is
straight and there is
> >> no rust.
> >>
> >> Interior is pretty much
dissolved.and the
> windshield glass is broken.
> >>
> >> I know this is a
wildly broad question.just
> curious for a range of
> >> expenses to restore.
I can do most of the
> work myself, except paint
> >> and machine shop stuff
for the engine.
> >>
> >> Also.what is this car worth as it sits?
> >>
> >>
>
>>
> >> Michael Bowie
> >>
> >> 54 BN1
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